Windows Registry Settings

For special circumstances, you may want to customize the ThinView client or Windows registry settings. It is recommended that you only do the Registry configuration if you are an expert in editing Windows Registry settings. If you are not, it will be safer to consult someone who is.

The following information is included for completeness only. These settings have not been fully tested and are not supported by GE Fanuc.

Warning: It is possible to cause serious damage to your operating system by using RegEdit and RegEdt32. Be careful not to modify anything that is not listed in these instructions.

The following registry settings may appear in the registry key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\GE Fanuc\CIMPLICITY\HMI\releasenumber\WebView.

Setting

Corresponds to the:

StartWebServer

Use Built-In Web Server field, which is dimmed in the ThinView dialog box (WebView only).

Rtr

Start CIMPLICITY field in the ThinView Advanced dialog.

AllowListing

Allow Web Server Directory Listing field, which is dimmed in the ThinView Advanced dialog box (WebView only).

HTTPPort

Web Server (HTTP) Port field, which is dimmed in the ThinView Advanced dialog (WebView only).

WebServerRoot

Web Server Root Directory field, which is dimmed in the ThinView Advanced dialog box (WebView only).

WaitInterval

Wait field in the ThinView Advanced dialog box. This value is in milliseconds (unlike the dialog fields, which are in seconds).

WaitUpdateInterval

Then Update the Screen Every field in the ThinView Advanced dialog box. This value is in milliseconds (unlike the dialog fields, which are in seconds).

ReconnectTimeout

Hold disconnected session open for…minutes field in the ThinView Advanced dialog box. This value is in milleseconds.

NoSetpoints

No setpoints checkbox in the ThinView Advanced dialog box.

Setting

Is the:

Port

Port the (WebView) ThinView server listens on. The default is 10212. If you change this, you must also change the port parameter in every Web page (for WebView). You must also configure ThinView clients to use this port.

Exedir

Executable directory for CimView. This defaults to your CIMPLICITY installation exe directory.

WebServerName

Name the built-in Web server uses. This defaults to the name of the computer (WebView only).

MaxLogFileSize

Maximum allowed size for a WebView server log file. When the size exceeds this, a new log file is opened. The value is in bytes. The default is 1048576.

MaxLogFiles

Maximum number of log files to keep. When a new log file is opened, if there are already this many log files, the oldest is deleted and the others are renumbered. The default is 7.

AltUpdateInterval

(Is similar to) altUpdateInterval applet parameter, but applies to every Web page and ThinView client. This value is in milliseconds.

More information

ThinView advanced configuration.